Axel Kárason

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Axel.
Axel Kárason
Personal information
Born (1983-02-11) 11 February 1983 (age 41)
Sauðárkrókur, Iceland
Listed height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight98 kg (216 lb)
Career information
Playing career2001–2023
PositionSmall forward
Number4
Career history
2001–2005Tindastóll
2005–2008Skallagrímur
2008–2010Tindastóll
2010–2015Værløse Basket
2015–2017Svendborg Rabbits
2017–2018Tindastóll
2019–2023Tindastóll
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Games of the Small States of Europe
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Luxembourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Reykjavík Team

Axel Kárason (born 11 February 1983) is an Icelandic former basketball player and a former member of the Icelandic national team, where he participated at the EuroBasket 2015.[1] He won the Icelandic championship in 2023 and the Icelandic Cup in 2018 with Tindastóll .

Playing career

Axel spent the early part of his career with Tindastóll and Skallagrímur.[2] He was a key player on the Skallagrímur team that went to the 2006 Úrvalsdeild finals where it lost to Njarðvík.[3][4] In 2015, Axel signed with Svendborg Rabbits, after five seasons with Værløse Basket,[5] and remained there until 2017[6] when he moved back to the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild karla and signed with his hometown team, Tindastóll.[7][8][9]

On January 13, 2018, he helped Tindastóll to its first major title when they beat KR in Icelandic Basketball Cup finals.[10]

In September 2018, it was reported that Axel would not play during the 2018–2019 season. In an interview with Vísir.is, he stated that his departure from Tindastóll was for personal reasons and denied rumors of his alleged unhappiness with the club signing Brynjar Þór Björnsson during the off-season.[11]

In January 2019, Axel signed with Tindastóll for the rest of the season.[12]

In 2022, he went to the Úrvalsdeild finals for the fourth time in his career, 21 years after his first trip in 2001.[13]

In 2023, he won his first Icelandic championship after Tindastóll defeated Valur 3–2 in a finals rematch.[14]

National team

Axel was a member of the Icelandic national basketball team from 2006 to 2017, appearing in 57 games.[15][16] He was a member of Iceland's squad at EuroBasket 2015.[17]

Personal life

Axel is the son of former Icelandic national team members Katrín Axelsdóttir and Kári Marísson. He is the brother of former basketball players Arnar Snær Kárason and María Káradóttir and half-brother of former Icelandic Women's Basketball Player of the Year Kristín Björk Jónsdóttir.[18] Outside of basketball, Axel is a licensed veterinarian.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". eurobasket2015.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Axel Kára heiðraður". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 May 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  3. ^ Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (28 March 2006). "Axel og Byrd of stór biti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ Sigurður Elvar Þórólfsson (18 April 2006). "Njarðvík í vígamóð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  5. ^ Pétur Hreinsson (29 April 2015). "Axel á leið til Svendborg - "Er þetta ekki gamalt trix?"". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  6. ^ Ingvi Þór Sæmundsson (13 April 2017). "Kanínurnar komnar í sumarfrí". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  7. ^ Axel Kárason í raðir Tindastóls
  8. ^ "Axel kemur til Tindastóls". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). March 11, 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ^ Þórðarson, Tómas Þór (April 11, 2017). "Stólarnir langt frá því hættir að reyna við þann stóra: Axel Kárason á heimleið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  10. ^ Anton Ingi Leifsson (13 January 2018). "Umfjöllun og viðtöl: KR - Tindastóll 69-96 - Tindastóll bikarmeistari í fyrsta sinn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  11. ^ Henry Birgir Gunnarsson (5 September 2018). "Axel tekur sér frí frá körfubolta og ætlar að vinna í veikleikum sínum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  12. ^ Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir (3 January 2019). "Axel mættur aftur í Síkið". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Lék til úrslita 2001 og er í úrslitum 2022". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  14. ^ Siggeir Ævarsson (18 May 2023). "Axel: Þetta er ólýsanleg tilfinning". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  15. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (3 June 2015). "Axel hefur spilað þrjátíu landsleiki í röð". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  16. ^ "A-landslið karla". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Federation. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  17. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (3 September 2015). "Hlutverk landsliðsmannana á Eurobasket í Berlín". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Minningar - Katrín Axelsdóttir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 July 1994. pp. 28–29. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  19. ^ Eva Björk Benediktsdóttir (3 May 2020). "Myndi ekki velja NBA fram yfir lífið í sveitinni". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 February 2021.

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